A week in tech; part 2

A round up of tech news in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia.

A week in China tech

Internet

- Sina Corp. named Wang Yan chief executive and director, succeeding Daniel Mao, who is stepping down. Mr. Yan founded Sina's predecessor, the Internet division of Beijing Stone Rich Sight in 1996 and over the years has helped transform the company from a software firm into an Internet portal in China.

- Chinese portals have seen marked gains in their stocks in the past two months. Most notably,...